For anyone puzzling about what to do over the Labor day weekend, how about heading to Independence for the big 40th Santa-Cali-Gon Days festival celebration?

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August 16, 2012                                                                          Contact:  Janeen Aggen

For Immediate Release                                                                   Media Contact

                                                                                                        Independence MO Tourism

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40^TH ANNUAL SANTA-CALI-GON DAYS^® FESTIVAL SET

            On Friday, August 31 through Monday, September 3, 2012, the Independence Chamber of Commerce will present the 40th annual Santa-Cali-Gon Days^® Festival on the historic Independence Square in Independence, MO.   The City of Independence, a long time community partner and the Missouri Lottery are major sponsors for this year’s festival. 

            Santa-Cali-Gon Days^® celebrates Independence as the starting point of the three trails, the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trail that took pioneers to the West during the 1800s. The festival is a free, fun, four day family event.  The festival features one of the Midwest’s top arts and crafts shows, over 300 commercial vendors, and a carnival for kids of all ages.  In addition, the majority of food booths and parking lots are operated by not-for-profit organizations, who in turn use the money for their local projects and causes.  The festival draws about 225,000 visitors each year.        The festival offers three stages for entertainment, including the Main Stage, Gospel Stage and the Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Community Stage.  This year’s feature entertainment on the Main Stage includes Lee Brice, known for hit singles “Love Like Crazy” and “A Woman Like You.  His current song “Hard to Love” is quickly moving up the charts.  The concert lineup also includes, Joe Diffie, Sunny Sweeney and Travis Marvin. 

            As the Kansas City metropolitan area’s most established Labor Day weekend event, Santa-Cali-Gon Days® hosts approximately 225,000 visitors each year.  For a complete entertainment schedule visit the festival web site at www.santacaligon.com or contact the Independence Chamber of Commerce at 816-252-4745.  In addition, look for the official SCG Mobile App presented by Xfinity.

SANTA CALI-GON DAYS® FESTIVAL

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012                –    12:00 PM – 11:00 PM

                        SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2012    –    10:00 AM – 11:00 PM

                   SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2012                     –    10:00 AM – 11:00 PM

                   MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012        –    10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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